Gunneraceae

Gunnera L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 1: 16 (1767)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Falkland Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Malesia to New Zealand, Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, DR Congo, Ecuador, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Free State, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mozambique, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Solomon Is., Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Tasmania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Azores, British Columbia, California, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Oregon, Sweden, Washington

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter G: 1-40325.
  • Mora-Osejo, L.E., Pabón-Mora, N. & González, F. (2011). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 109: 1-166.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Mant. Pl.: 16 et 121 (1767)
  • Schindl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 225: 104 (1905).
  • Syst. Nat. ed. 12: 587 et 597 (1767).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bader in Webbia 19: 537, fig. 1 (1965) [world distribution]
  • Mant. Pl.: 121 (1767)
  • Schindler in E.P. IV. 225: 104 (1905)
  • in Syst. Nat., ed. 12: 597 (1767)
  • van der Meijden & Caspers in Fl. Males. 7: 259 (1971)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0